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Rebuilding the Iron Cage: Post-Failure Organizing in Newspapers and Investment Banks
Burg, Ryan S - 2011
Organizational failure is an incomplete process because routines and norms persist through employee careers. Qualitative interviews with former employees from four newspapers and two investment banks, all of which are bankrupt or disbanded, demonstrate ongoing utilization of routines and ongoing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438634
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The Exxon Valdez oil spill: Industry response and the evolution of environmental policy
Marquiss, Karen D K - 2007
This dissertation develops and tests a conceptual model to examine how organizations respond to social and political events that can significantly affect operations. The model incorporates concepts from resource dependence and institutional theories, which posit that a firm will develop a range...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438646
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What organizational practices drive the structuring and sustaining of innovation: A field study
Frangos, Cassandra Argery - 2010
successful innovators apply specific practices--related to culture, talent management, and organizational structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439249
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Supply Chain Network Evolution: Demand-based Drivers of Interfirm Governance Evolution
Gravier, Michael J. - 2007
Which form of exchange governance performs better in a dynamic environment? This remains an unanswered question in the … transaction cost analysis (TCA) and relational exchange literatures. Some researchers purport that transactional governance … provides superior performance by providing firms the flexibility to change suppliers. Others suggest that relational governance …
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Performance Improvement in an Accounting Firm: Comparing Operational and Financial Data Before and After Process Redesign
Chhabra, Meeta Kaur - 2000
The case study described in this thesis involves a process improvement project in the Tax Department of a Certified Public Accounting firm. A process map was created by interviewing employees involved in the process. A process analysis identified problems and possible solutions. The Partners in...
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Manufacturing technology policy and deployment of processing innovations
Ettlie, John E. - 1988
This is a report of a study on the evolution of manufacturing technology policy during the deployment of domestic advanced manufacturing systems in thirty-four plants and two panels of data collection separated by one year. Changing firm environment was significantly correlated with pioneering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477397
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Coporate culture in a democratice South Africa
Visser, Ronelda - 2006
interviews with management-level employees who speak Afrikaans, English and Xhosa as home languages in an attempt to ascertain … organisational structures such as conflict management, interaction during meetings, decision-making and acceptance of authority. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447155
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A critical evaluation of first line managers' perceptions of organisational change at Sanlam
Noemdo, Leon Abraham - 2009
A quantitative research study was conducted in order to obtain insight and knowledge of the perceptions of management … confirm that dealing with change is a challenging experience for managers. A participatory management approach will result in …. Furthermore, the results confirm that soft skill training and development such as conflict and diversity management should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447176
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Resolving wicked problems: collaborative information systems design in boundary-spanning groups
Gasson, Susan - 2005
Wicked problems are subjective, interrelated and have no stopping rule. In a group that spans organizational boundaries, the resolution of wicked problems is especially problematic, as participants share minimal domain-knowledge. This paper discusses alternatives to current models of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451033
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Network Dynamics in Small Business Financing: Institutional Changes and Transformations of Inter-organizational Relations.
Buhr, Maria Helena - 2010
A central insight in economic sociology is that firms depend on relationships with other organizations for their access to capital, information, and other resources. Such interactions among firms tend to develop into stable networks of social and economic exchange that stratify firms in an...
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